Chevrolet Trailblazer vs Hyundai Sonata

Both cars' complete complaint records, side by side.

Read the totals carefully. NHTSA publishes no sales figures, so the car that sold more collects more complaints regardless of quality. The rows worth weighing are the proportions — the share of complaints that involved harm, and which part dominates.

Measure	Chevrolet Trailblazer	Hyundai Sonata
Complaints on file	9,362	22,302
Model years covered	1999–2026	1987–2026
Worst model year	2002	2013
Best model year	2026	2025
Crashes reported	526	1,151
Fires reported	336	851
Injuries reported	381	740
Deaths reported	23	21
Most complained-about part	Electrical System	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	13.5%	12.4%

Chevrolet Trailblazer by year

7 32 29 1,573 1,160 1,302 1,905 1,441 965 263 37 2 280 173 93 50 37 13

99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 14 21 22 23 24 25 26

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Electrical System 2,394 25.6%

Fuel & Propulsion 2,089 22.3%

Lights 808 8.6%

Transmission & Drivetrain 736 7.9%

Engine & Cooling 610 6.5%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 472 5.0%

Airbags 386 4.1%

Brakes 291 3.1%

Hyundai Sonata by year

4 18 25 41 43 46 7 93 37 74 68 187 378 293 407 249 288 217 1,422 906 554 612 415 4,627 2,280 2,657 1,082 1,667 998 1,001 552 214 276 184 142 140 75 21 2

87 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 5,119 23.0%

Steering 2,378 10.7%

Airbags 2,068 9.3%

Electrical System 2,008 9.0%

Other & Unspecified 1,329 6.0%

Brakes 1,259 5.6%

Fuel & Propulsion 1,092 4.9%

Body & Structure 1,087 4.9%